Netanyahu's theatrics help push Trump towards Iran deal withdrawal

The White House seized on the Israeli PM’s dubious show-and-tell despite opposition from European allies desperate to keep the JCPOA afloat

If the reports are true, it was the heist of the century. Israeli spies are said to have broken into a secret Tehran warehouse in January, stolen a half-tonne of documents and somehow spirited them back to Israel the same night.

That version of events, recounted in the New York Times, raises important questions about the documents presented by Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday as proof of Iranian dishonesty about its nuclear weapons programme.